Prospective EU commissioner for budget, Johannes Hahn, told MEPs on Thursday (3 October) that the future long-term EU budget should be agreed by "the end of the winter".
"I will do my utmost that we do have an agreement in good time, that we get a result towards the end of the winter," the Austrian politician said.
Hahn is an experienced Brussels insider, who had previously served as regional commissioner and more recently commissioner for enlargement.
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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.